Its newer lines are the Nicolas Rieussec Collection, named after the person who invented the chronograph, and the Montblanc Collection Princesse Grace de Monaco, in honor of Grace Kelly, the famous actress and Princess of Monaco.
Mr Vidal seems always to have lived in the utmost luxury, in beautiful places, surrounded by talented, affectionate and often famous friends, from Princess Margaret and Claire Bloom to Christopher Isherwood and Tennessee Williams.